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Brunch Is Overrated

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But these places are worth it.

 1. The Hoof Cafe - CLOSED

923 Dundas St W
Toronto, ON M6J 1W2
Canada
(416) 792-7511

Category: Breakfast & Brunch

Neighbourhoods: Little Italy, Trinity Bellwoods

5.0 star rating
  1/9/2010 ROTD 2/25/2010

Brunch is the most overrated meal ever. You want me to pay double-digits and wait in the cold for over an hour on a weekend for a couple of eggs and some bread? Hell, no.

But brunch at The Hoof Cafe is not the tired egg-crap I see at every coffee shop…More »

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 2. The Lancer

85 Hartzell Rd
St. Catharines, ON L2P 1N2
Canada
(905) 682-3295
5.0 star rating
  12/27/2009

What: Stop 1 of 4 on Niagara mini crawl - Sarah L's 5 star faves
Who: sarah l, Kat F, Dale M, Carleen L (who trekked all the way from Welland to join us!)
Why: To determine hash brown[1] superiority

This place is awesome. It's a no-nonsense diner that…More »

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 3. Hot Stacks Family Restaurant

29 King Street N
Cookstown, ON L0L 1L0
Canada
(705) 458-9933
4.0 star rating
  2/18/2010

There are only two kinds of breakfast/brunch I will eat:
(a) stuff I cannot make at home and will gladly pay a lot of money for someone else to (Hoof Cafe)
(b) stuff I can make at home but it's good and cheap enough that I don't want to (The Lancer)

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 4. United Bakers Dairy Restaurant

506 Lawrence Avenue West
Toronto, ON M6A 1A1
Canada
(416) 789-0519

Category: Diners

3.0 star rating
  3/23/2010

"See, you know how to take the reservation, you just don't know how to *hold* the reservation and that's really the most important part of the reservation, the holding. Anybody can just take them."--Jerry, "Seinfeld," episode: The Alternate Side

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Brooklyn, NY

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